Story By Favour Nwabueze
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Favour Nwabueze

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His Accidental Bride
Updated at Sep 26, 2026, 07:43
One night. One bottle of wine. One marriage neither of them meant to sign. Maya Castillo just wanted to land the biggest design contract of her career. Ethan Cole just wanted to survive a company retreat without losing his mind. Neither of them wanted a wedding. But a power outage, a confused officiant, and too much champagne later, they wake up married. For real. Legally. With a video already spreading through half the office. An annulment should be simple. It is not. Ethan's company is days from a launch that cannot survive a scandal, and Maya's brand suddenly has more eyes on it than she ever wanted. So they strike a deal. Three months. Same address. Separate bedrooms. A quiet divorce when it's over. Simple, until his ex fiancee shows up with a warning. Until a rival executive starts circling like he knows exactly where to strike. Until Maya stops being able to sleep with him one wall away. Until Ethan starts wondering if the marriage he never wanted might be the only thing he actually needs. They had a plan. Ninety days, then walk away. Nobody planned on falling in love.
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